Boettgeri
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This is my tortoises when they think they are ninjas (a few months ago)
Lol. Same here.Welcome! Looking forward to seeing more pictures. I enjoyed your back and forth conversation with @Reptilony even if I didn't know what you were saying for some of it.
You did not make any mistakes. And by all means speak in french if you need to. We will just have to get Reptilony or google to translate for us, if we need to. And Welcome to TFO.Thanks I will post more pictures next time sorry we spoke a little french, I will try to learn more english words related to tortoises to be able to speak only english here for everybody to understand ^^ I will also try to improve my english, I read a lot of things in english and I usually understand it but I'm not used to speak or write a lot in english (sorry if I made a mystake)
You did not make any mistakes. And by all means speak in french if you need to. We will just have to get Reptilony or google to translate for us, if we need to. And Welcome to TFO.
Hello my tortoises are not pyramiding, their shell is smooth but the picture was taken with my phone with sun and shadows lol It is "funny" because in french when a tortoise is pyramiding we call it "tobleronnée" like the chocolate Toblerone ! it is cool for sign language. They freeze below zero but the temperature of the ground where they hibernate doesn't reach negative temperatures. I let them hibernate in their garden for three weeks then I put them in a hibernation chamber with garden soil, oak leaves and plexiglass if needed in the garage. I have a thermometer and hygrometer. The temperature should always be between 2 and 8 °C and the humidity 80%. I don't let the temperature and the humidity go down or up. How long do your tortoises hibernate ? Normally, three months is enough. Here I have also to pay attention when the temperature gets warmer because where I live we can win or loose sometimes 10°C (outside) in two days but in the garage the temperature varies less. I know some people use a special fridge for hibernation to be sure the temperature is fixed ( I did not try it).